Half the children under the age of 5 years in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are undernourished, more than double the global average with rural areas disproportionately affected. This study examines factors ...
Little is known about the overall trend and prioritisations of past and current antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policies. Here we introduce a quantitative method to analyse AMR policies. The AMR-Policy ...
4 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania 5 Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania Background Globally, critical ...
Girls and women experience numerous types of vaginal bleeding. These include healthy reproductive processes, such as menstruation and bleeding after childbirth, but also bleeding related to health ...
Background There is limited knowledge on the influence of concurrent coinfections on the clinical presentation of Zika virus (ZIKV) disease. Methods To better understand the types, frequencies and ...
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Background Cost-effectiveness evidence is a critical tool to support resource allocation decisions. There is growing recognition that the development of benefit packages for surgical care should be ...
Background Heterologous immunity is the induction of an immune response to an unrelated pathogen upon exposure to a different pathogen, involving memory T cells and B cells response. Studies showed ...
Background Malaria remains a major public health concern, especially in the tropics and subtropics where disproportionately high disease burden occurs annually. The World Health Organization ...
Background Short birth intervals are a major risk factor for poor maternal and newborn outcomes. Utilisation of modern contraceptive methods during the postpartum period can reduce risky birth ...
The concept of the ‘commercial determinants of health’ (CDOH) has been developed by public health researchers as a way to describe the political economy of corporations and the impact of their ...
Introduction Global progress in reducing malaria has stalled since 2015. Analysis of the situation is particularly needed in Nigeria, the country with by far the largest share of the burden, where ...